Dustin Johnson Earns Nearly 4x More From One Golf Shot Than What the Average American Makes in an Entire Month; Fans React

Dustin Johnson won the 2022 Season Individual Champion in the LIV Golf Invitational Series. The golfer bagged the title and the $18 million the Saudi-backed company offered its top player. With the bonus money, his every shot at the last 7 LIV events is valued at more than 20k, and it has become a hot topic among the fans now. 

Recently, the Saudi-backed league announced they would reward the top three players of the entire Series with a total purse of $30 million. As part of the reward, Johnson won $18 million as he won the Individual Champion title with 135 points after the Jeddah event. 

The earnings of Dustin Johnson are more than enough to make a common American jealous 

The American professional golfer, Dustin Johnson, might never win a major competition ever. He also won’t be able to play in any PGA Tour events since he resigned from the organization before joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series. However, that doesn’t make him less of a player, and he proved it by winning the 2022 Season Individual Champion title of LIV Golf. 

Golf Digest revealed that the former world no. 1 earned $31,637,767 from all the last seven events of the Series, including the bonus. According to that data, he won $4,519,681 from each event. Notably, the Series offers $4 million for the winner of each event, and Johnson earned more than that per event by winning the bonus money. 

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Interestingly, his total earnings from the Series suggest that Johnson earned approximately $1.5 million per round and $22,280 for each shot. And according to worlddata.info, it is nearly 4 times more than the average monthly income of an American, which was approximately $6k in 2021. Notably, the $30 million is the total amount Johnson earned through playing in the LIV events. It doesn’t include the $125 million he reportedly got as the guaranteed money from the company for joining the Series. 

Fans reaction to Johnson’s expensive shots at the LIV events

Johnson made multi-million dollars in less than a year. However, he couldn’t earn any OWGR points from those events since LIV Series doesn’t offer any at the moment. While some fans expressed their happiness for the player for his tournament earnings, some pointed out that money shouldn’t be an essential factor in the sport. 

It is impressive how Johnson made $30+ million in 6 months. However, many think that money means nothing in front of legacy. What do you think? Did Johnson make the wise move to leave PGA Tour and join LIV Golf Series? 

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